Vintage Recipes

I remember making these cookies almost exclusively in the summer.  This was one of those recipes that was great for us on the farm, since Mom and Dad hated to use the electricity to for air conditioning unless it got above 100 degrees.  It uses a waffle iron to cook the cakelike cookie, so it's great for not heating up the kitchen.  I also did this for a Demonstration at 4-H Club Days once and got great marks, btw.  It originally came from my Mom, via a recipe on some premelted baking chocolate stuff you used to get in the 70s, I believe.  They are called Turtle cookies because of the shape, I believe.

Turtle Cookies
4 oz unsweeted baking chocolate
2/3 C margarine
4 beaten eggs
1 ½ C sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 ½ C flour
In a small saucepan, melt chocolate and margarine and set aside.  Mix together remaining ingredients, then add the chocolate mixture.  Heat waffle iron to hot.  Put about a tablespoon of mixture in the iron at a time.  Most irons fit about 6 cookies at a time.  Bake in a waffle iron for 1 minute.  They are done when they don't stick anymore.  After cooking, allow to cool a couple minutes before frosting(if you want them frosted).